Tag: Toilets - Page 2
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Sanergy Is Putting A Price On Poop and Cleaning Up in Kenya
People need toilets; flowers need fertilizer. Sanergy makes a business out of supplying both.
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"Poop As You Go" Biogas Bike To Go On 600 Mile Tour Of Japan
Never dreamed poop could get you blazing down the asphalt? Well, now it all comes true as Japan's biggest toilet maker, TOTO, takes the toilet on the road with its launch of the Toilet Bike Neo, a bike that's powered entirely by human
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History and Design of the Bathroom Part 6: Learning from the Japanese
Siegfried Giedion, in Mechanization Takes Command, writes:
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Minimalist Table and Stool Reduce a Work Space to Bare Bones Basics
At TreeHugger, we're a little obsessed with work space designs: desks made for standing, sitting, a little of both and even walking. Here's a design from British designer Adam Senior that takes a minimalist approach to
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The History of the Bathroom Part 5: Alexander Kira and Designing For People, Not Plumbing
Have a look at your sink after you brush your teeth or shave. There is stuff all over it that you have to clean up. You can't wash your hair in it. Alexander Kira of Cornell University looked at the
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Slow Food Gets Fast, Meets Good Design at Fastvinic, an Eco-Cozy Sandwich Shop
The other day I had a delicious local sandwich in the fabulous new space Fastvínic in Barcelona. It seems the Catalan capital has finally got a place where fast slow food meets good design (and not hippyness). What's on the
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The Kohler Numi: The Perfect Toilet For Your Living Room
Yes, that is a toilet, sitting in the corner of Pierre Koenig's Case Study House #22, in a reconstruction of perhaps the most famous architectural photograph ever, by the late Julius Shulman. I am excited by this new trend of
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Composting Toilets Can Be "Plush and Fragrant"
From the high-tech Bio-lux composting toilet, to the more rudimentary but effective Loveable Loo humanure system, going "off pipe"—or actually treating and using your own human waste—has a
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Wiping Your Face with Urine, and Other Natural Delights
I've been known to have a slight toilet obsession. From the selective flush to the idea that male pee is better than female for composting, I maintain that how we deal with our human waste
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Shop for Good Ideas: The Unreasonable Institute Finalist Marketplace is Open
The Unreasonable Institute needs your help: the Boulder-based program is down to 45 finalists, but relies on the public to choose the 25 fellows who actually make it into the fellowship.
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Clean, Green, and Wheelchair Accessible, Paris' Public Toilets Are Pretty Sweet
If you've spent time in Paris, you've certainly seen the work of French designer Patrick Jouin, and maybe you've even ridden one. Last year, the
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The Axes of Public Peeing - a Novel Way to Look at an Old Issue
Some time ago, I asked whether peeing in public was green. With issues ranging from nasty smells to social disapproval, it's clear that the appropriateness of peeing in public is a far from cut-and-dry matter. We
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It's Not A Joke, It's World Toilet Day
Hold the Potty jokes. Every November 19 is World Toilet Day, designed "to celebrate the importance of sanitation and raise awareness for the 2.6 billion people (nearly half of the world's population) who don't have
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Mystical Mt. Fuji is Tourist-Polluted
Mt. Fuji in Japan is one of the most famous and iconic mountains in the world; it has been the subject of endless photographs, poems and paintings over the
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Dual-Flush Toilet Retrofit, With Adjustable Flush (Video)
Image credit: Brondell Simple Flush Dual-flush toilets have always been popular here on TreeHugger. After all, it seems insane to use the same amount of drinking water to flush your number ones as your number twos. (It actually seems insane to use
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Waterless Urinals Introduced for Home Use
Sami and I have been preoccupied with pee for a long time, wondering why we don't have urinals in our homes. After all, they use a lot less water than a toilet and are probably more sanitary as it is harder to miss.
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The Courtesy Flush Stinks: Bathroom Etiquette Gone Wrong
Ever feel like you live in a parallel universe? From the selective flush, to the slightly less controversial shared flush, I thought I had covered all the options for alternative toilet flushing methodologies. Heck, I've even
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Food, Water, and... Permaculture? Rethinking Disaster Relief for Haiti and Beyond
A growing number of environmentalists are re-envisioning 'disaster relief' as something that can provide hope for the future, not just a hot meal and somewhere to sleep. Their tool of choice? Permaculture.
